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Commutator has 12 channels. For two headstages, we are only using channels 1-9; these numbers refer to the numbers on the commutator in the schematic below (NOT to numbers on the D-sub pins)
(pdf of above diagram)
the corresponding colors on the commutator are:
1 purple
2 white/brown
3 blue
4 white
5 green
6 brown
7 white/black
8 black
9 orange
10 (not used) red
11 (not used) grey
12 (not used) yellow
Each D-sub connector is labeled either “1” (commutator data channels 1 and 2, purple and white/brown) or “2” (commutator data channels 3 and 4, blue and white).
On the Omnetics/headstage side, as can be seen in the schematic, the two connectors have shared inputs. To accomplish this, 5 wires connect the relevant pins from one connector to the next. The colors for this are
channel number | color on commutator wire | |
---|---|---|
5 | green | green |
6 | brown | brown |
7 | white/black | white/green |
8 | black | white/orange |
9 | orange | orange |
This has my original (messy) working notes on this when I was building it (MvdM).